A great mobile workstation with good linux support
on October 16, 2020
Posted by: Anonymous
from Oakland, CA
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Laptop Arrived quickly, packaging and build quality are excellent as well. Ubuntu 20.04 works mostly flawlessly our of the box on the 3rd gen x1 extreme.
The WiFi receiver is very weak. My Older Cabon X1 can receive the same wifi signal much further away. Other than that the rest seems good and I am enjoying the 15" touchscreen.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] What's not to like? The touch screen works flawlessly and the picture is INCREDIBLE. Doesn't slow down with 32GB of ram and plenty of space with 1TB of SSD.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Finally something i found that can support my 300+ google chrome tabs + development IDE + Gaming connected to TV display with zoom call going on side
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Model details: i9-10885; 4k OLED touch display; 64GB DRAM; 1TB SSD
Pros: Beautiful display. Responsive touch screen. Weighs less than 4 pounds. Very comfortable keyboard. Comfortable and responsive track pad. Works well with Thunderbolt 3 dock. Cool and quiet for light duty office apps, email and web surfing. Automatically switches to HDR mode when streaming Dolby Vision content on Netflix app. Charges (slowly) through Thunderbolt port. Excellent palm rejection on trackpad when typing. GPU capable for light gaming, e.g., Mortal Kombat 11 runs well at 1920x1080 with medium to high effects enabled. DRAM is not soldered, easily upgradeable (if you don't order it maxed out). Two 2280 M.2 slots easily accessible.
Cons: Thermal and current throttling mean multi-core performance is only slightly faster than i7-10750 version. Keyboard seems to drop keystrokes on occasion (still playing with this). Fans get loud during heavy CPU workloads. i9 CPU models come with larger 170W power brick which does not seem powerful enough.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Computer is what was expected. The built in monitor lasted about 2 days before it will no longer turn on
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, September 30, 2021
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[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is my second Lenovo and it is exponentially better than other laptops I have had in the past. It boots up quicker, responds faster, is slim and light, and the graphics are great. Best laptops ever.